Have you ever watched the Olympics and wondered where those swimmers got the energy to do so many laps? The answer is they have a great amount of endurance. If you want to become a swimmer who can have great endurance, read this article, and you'll find out how!

Ad

Steps

1

Eat a filling meal 30 minute before hand. A good idea is a meal that has grains and/or carbs. Rice, pasta, or oatmeal are foods that always help!

Ad

2

Drink plenty of water beforehand and bring a water bottle to the pool so you don't get dehydrated.

3

Do a small warmup set in the pool, maybe a 50 (50 yards) of swim, 50 kick (you don't use your arms),and 50 drill. Perform flip turns if you know how, these help build up your stamina.

4

Now that your body is loose, swim! Don't take a break except to drink water. Count every length you swim, either by length or time.

5

If you have access to them get to a gym with treadmills where you can work on endurance. Every time you use it you build up your endurance and stamina.

6

Once you are doing many lengths easily without cracking a sweat (much) start working on your speed!

7

Join a swim team or a community pool! You can meet people, make new friend, and have fun!

8

Don't be afraid to demonstrate your endurance. Those who care will be happy for you, and you'll be happy with yourself for taking care of your health and mind.

Ad

We could really use your help!

Can you tell us about

Relationships?

Yes

No

Can you tell us about

Skin Care?

Yes

No

Can you tell us about

Dances?

Yes

No

Can you tell us about

Google Applications?

Yes

No

Thanks for helping! Please tell us everything you know about

...

Tell us everything you know here. Remember, more detail is better.

Tips

Provide details.

Please be as detailed as possible in your explanation. We will take your detailed information, edit it for clarity and accuracy, and incorporate it into an article that will help thousands of people.Don't say: Eat more fats.Do say: Add fats with some nutritional value to the foods you already eat. Try olive oil, butter, avocado, and mayonnaise.

Share

Featured Articles

Meet a Community Member

Meet Gaurang, a wikiHowian from India who has been editing on wikiHow for over 3 years and is a Featured Author, New Article Booster, and Admin. He has patrolled over 14,500 changes and has made over 10,400 edits to improve articles around the site. He enjoys patrolling recent changes, boosting new articles, and voting in the NFD Guardian. His favorite article he’s worked on here is How to Use Google Drive, since collaboration between him and other community members turned it into a really informative and easy-to-understand guide. His proudest accomplishment on wikiHow has been starting the Hindi wikiHow, which provides access to how-tos in a language spoken by more than 500 million people worldwide. He says writing on wikiHow is a rewarding process, since you get to help millions of people everyday and learn things along the way. He loves how the wikiHow community is a caring, supportive, and dedicated bunch of people. To new editors, he says, “Don't be afraid to make mistakes and ask for help. There are many who are willing to help you out here!”